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War_Hamster 1 point ago +1 / -0

Theoretically, the government doesn't put their hands on your finances. The banks alert the government if they see something suspicious. In theory........

I've sat through 1000's of hours of AML training.

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NullifyAndSecede 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yes but the underlying purpose is to make sure you're paying all the proper taxes.

(Yes there are other claimed purposes as well like anti-terrorism funding but I think these are secondary)

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War_Hamster 2 points ago +2 / -0

Considering they created the terrorist threat in the first place.......

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XCorneliusX 1 point ago +1 / -0

They do report larger sums to the gov. Over $2999.99 unless that has been lowered again. Also, no idea if anyone even reads those reports.